JAMA Oncology

JAMA Oncology is committed to publishing influential original research, opinions, and reviews that advance the science of oncology and improve the clinical care of patients with cancer.

Mission Statement: JAMA Oncology is the definitive journal for scientists, clinicians, and trainees in the field of oncology worldwide. Our original, innovative, and timely scientific and educational content provides a deeper understanding of cancer pathogenesis and recent treatment advances for our readers. JAMA Oncology aims to effectively convey the findings of important clinical research, major scientific breakthroughs, actionable discoveries, and state-of-the-art treatment pathways to the oncology community. Our goal is that successful communication of new knowledge will ultimately translate to clinical benefit for people living with and surviving cancer.

Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD, Seattle, Washington

Lee M. Ellis, MD, Houston, Texas

Charles R. Thomas Jr, MD, Portland, Oregon

Yu Shyr, PhD, Nashville, Tennessee

George W. Sledge Jr, MD, Stanford, California

Monica Morrow, MD, New York, New York

Howard (Jack) West, MD, Seattle, Washington

Kim Agricola, Seattle, Washington

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Center for Translational Medicine in Women’s Health

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Leslie Bernstein, PhD, Duarte, California

Tito Fojo, MD, PhD, Bethesda, Maryland

Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, Boston, Massachusetts

Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Rakesh Jain, PhD, Boston, Massachusetts

David H. Johnson, MD, Dallas, Texas

Steven Katz, MD, MPH, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Edison Liu, MD, Bar Harbor, Maine

Minesh Mehta, MBChB, Baltimore, Maryland

Chadi Nabhan, MD, Chicago, Illinois

Steven Narod, MD, Toronto, Ontario

Howard Scher, MD, New York, New York

Larry Schwartz, MD, New York, New York

David Sidransky, MD, Baltimore, Maryland

Lillian Siu, MD, FRCPC, Toronto, Ontario

Eric O. Aboagye, PhD, PharmD, London, England

Fatima Cardoso, MD, Lisbon, Portugal

Johann S. de Bono, MB, ChB, FRCP, MSc, PhD, Surrey, England

Lesley Fallowfield, BSc, DPhil, FMedSci, East Sussex, England

Heikki Joensuu, MD, Helsinki, Finland

Yasufumi Kaneda, MD, PhD, Osaka, Japan

Sibylle Loibl, MD, PhD, Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Dong-Young Noh, MD, PhD, Seoul, South Korea

Fred Saad, MD, FRCS, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Emile E. Voest, MD, PhD, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Shan Wang, MD, Beijing, China

Robyn L. Ward, MD, PhD, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Pan-Chyr Yang, MD, PhD, Taipei, Taiwan

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